so far, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Zaz, Christine and the Queens and the French artists who lead a distinguished international career earned a living first through concerts and albums, and streaming. But a third source of income explodes: the songs «made in France» in sync. In the jargon of the music, this term is to place the titles on the images for an advertising campaign, a series and a movie.

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By 2018, according to the annual report of the Bureau Export, the organization responsible for the promotion of French musicians to the general international public, 90 artists and their publishers shared a mother lode of 17 million euros. «The borders are fallen, we live in a beautiful age of gold,» says Delphine Paul, of Sony ATV. «The publishers who negotiate these contracts have done a fantastic job. Their choice of artists is very wide and their address books are …

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